whack

[ wak, hwak ]

/ wæk, ʰwæk /

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verb (used with object)

to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.

Slang. to divide into or take in shares (often followed by up): Whack the loot between us two.

verb (used without object)

to strike a smart, resounding blow or blows.

noun

a smart, resounding blow: a whack with his hand.

Informal. a trial or attempt: to take a whack at a job.

Slang. a portion or share.

Verb Phrases

whack off,

to cut off or separate with a blow: The cook whacked off the fish's head.
Slang: Vulgar. to masturbate.

whack out, Slang. to produce quickly or, sometimes, carelessly: She whacks out a short story every week or so.

OTHER WORDS FOR whack

5 try, go, turn.

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Idioms about whack

out of whack, Informal. out of order or alignment; not in proper condition.

Origin of whack

First recorded in 1710–20; originally dialect, Scots form of thwack; cf. whang², whittle

OTHER WORDS FROM whack

whack·er, noun

Other definitions for whack (2 of 2)

whack²

[ wak, hwak ]

/ wæk, ʰwæk /

noun, adjective

a variant of wack¹.

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How to use whack in a sentence

Whacker, a lie of unusual dimensions, sometimes called a round un.
The Slang Dictionary|John Camden Hotten
Dr. Whacker drew still closer to him as they stepped along the wharf.
Captain Blood|Rafael Sabatini
And so this thought of evasion never entertained until planted there now by Dr. Whacker sprouted into instant growth.
Captain Blood|Rafael Sabatini
Coming next morning to the wharf, Blood found Dr. Whacker in a generous mood.
Captain Blood|Rafael Sabatini

Whacker and his colleague desired to be rid of one who threatened to ruin them.
Captain Blood|Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for whack

whack

/ (wæk) /

verb (tr)

to strike with a sharp resounding blow

(usually passive) British informal to exhaust completely

(tr; usu foll by in or on) informal to put something on to or into something else with force or abandonwhack on some sunscreen

noun

(tr) US slang to murderif you were out of line you got whacked

a sharp resounding blow or the noise made by such a blow

informal a share or portion

informal a try or attempt (esp in the phrase have a whack at)

out of whack informal out of order; unbalancedthe whole system is out of whack

interjection

an exclamation imitating the noise of a sharp resounding blow

Derived forms of whack

whacker, noun

Word Origin for whack

C18: perhaps a variant of thwack, ultimately of imitative origin

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Other Idioms and Phrases with whack

whack

In addition to the idioms beginning with whack

whacked out
whack off

also see:

have a crack (whack) at
out of kilter (whack)

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